We are registered as an Eco-Congregation. Catriona Jeorrett is our Eco-Ambassador, so have a chat with her after church to find out how you can get involved.

Latest Eco-Congregation News

It's always tricky to know how many copies of the weekly Bulletin to print each week - our congregation averages between 70 and 80 folk and there are quite often spare copies of the bulletin left over. Now that we are an Eco-Congregation we should be thinking of reducing waste, ...Read More

As part of your carbon fast for Lent, think about how you get around and try to take 3 less car journeys per week than you normally would. This can easily be achieved by thinking ahead and planning your routes. Why not car share to church? If you've got an ...Read More

If you're not involved in the Daffodil Tea on 22nd April you may wish to pop through to Glasgow for the Eco-Congregation Scotland Annual Gathering 2017 Speak to our Eco-Ambassador Catriona Jeorrett for more information or to co-ordinate travel arrangements. Saturday 22nd April 2017, 10:00am – 3:15pm Burnside Blairbeth Church, ...Read More

As part of our responsibilities as an Eco-Congregation, we are encouraging everyone to take part in this year's Earth Hour on Saturday 25th March at 8.30pm. Read more on the Eco-Congregation website Dunscore Parish Church wrote a prayer for Earth Hour: Creator God, this earth is miraculous and beautiful. Forgive ...Read More

We're doing a new Eco Challenge each fortnight during Lent. The first one was a challenge to save water and energy by only filling the kettle with the water that you need. This fortnight's challenge is to"go meat free for 3 days a week". Roughly 18% of global greenhouse gas ...Read More

The Edinburgh Eco-congregation Network is invited to participate in Augustine United's Lenten series This will be a whirlwind journey through personal, organizational and political action addressing climate change. The sessions will be based on shared experiences, together with group and individual activities. We will take inspiration from Matthew 5:38-42, contextualized ...Read More

During Lent we are encouraging everyone to take part in a carbon fast. There will be challenges that we can all do together to reduce our carbon footprint. The first challenge is to measure the volume of water you need to boil in your kettle. If you only need one ...Read More

Great news! We have recently registered as an Eco-Congregation. We are proud to have recently become an Eco Congregation. Here at Granton we believe in being good stewards of our planet, we also believe in caring for others. Climate change has a massive impact on the lives of people least ...Read More

February 20, 2017

What does that mean?

Eco-Congregation Scotland is a charity, offering a programme to enthuse and equip churches to weave environmental issues into their life and mission in an enjoyable and stimulating way.

Our Vision

A Scotland that cares for God’s creation, now and forever.

Our Values

We care passionately for God’s creation

We are part of a faith based movement

We are one of hundreds of churches

We work co-operatively with each other and with others who care about the environment

We encourage transformational change at individual, community and national levels

Our Mission

In prayer, worship and conversation we discover what it means to care for God’s creation

We put that care into action individually, locally, nationally and globally, desiring to live justly in a transformed world

We commit ourselves to campaigning on urgent threats to the web of life in our vulnerable world

How we do it

We do this through three strands:

Spiritual livingMaking the link between environmental issues and Christian faith

Upcoming Events

Magic Carpet is our play group for preschool children. Come and join us for songs, stories, crafts and a cuppa. It’s a really friendly group and a great place to meet other adults and children in your area. We’d love to see you there! Fridays at 11am

Everyone is warmly welcome to our Sunday services. Our worship style could be described as ‘informal contemporary’, with elements of ‘traditional’ thrown in for good measure. We recognise the importance of getting to know each other and do this both during the ‘welcome’ and after services over tea and coffee. Prayer after the service There are times when people need specific prayer for specific situations and do not with to ask in the ‘prayers for others’. Norman is available for anyone who wishes prayer after the service. Please sit down at the front if you would like this. INFORMATION FOR VISITORS Members of the Welcome Team will be pleased to […]